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The Gifts of Taoism
“Go with the flow.” “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” “By letting go all gets done.” “All things change.” “Let it be.”…
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Sep 1, 2022
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Catholicism
<em>Syndrome K</em>: Ray Liotta Narrates Stephen Edwards’ Documentary About Three Doctors Whose Manufactured “Fatal Disease” Saved Jewish Lives
The best voice-over in film history is Ray Liotta’s 16-minute opening to Goodfellas. Understated, earnest, almost reassuring, it entices the viewer into a world of brute force,…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 1, 2022
Bahá'í Faith
The Gifts of The Baháʼí Faith
In 1844, a 25-year-old Persian merchant named Sayyed ʿAlí Muḥammad Shírází had a realization. He took on the title of Báb, meaning gateway or door, and…
WRN Editorial Staff
Aug 29, 2022
Christianity
Is America a Christian Nation?
And Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” – Mark 12:17 Just before…
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Aug 19, 2022
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Faith-Based Answers to Substance Abuse and Addiction
Rehabilitation from the tyranny of drugs has a spiritual as well as a physical component, and many faiths, instead of turning their backs on the problem,…
WRN Editorial Staff
Aug 10, 2022
Judaism
The Gifts of Judaism
Judaism’s great gift to the world, according to essayist John Evans, was the idea of a single, omnipotent, omniscient and righteous God, with whom one could…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 25, 2022
Features
Religion: The Lifeline of Humanity
Salvation, redemption, absolution, deliverance. Any religion focuses one way or another, through one path or another, on the liberation of the individual, and—since so much of…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 6, 2022
Islam
The Gifts of Islam
1.5 to 2 billion of the world’s people identify as Muslim. That means that nearly 1 out of 4 people in the world believe in the…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 1, 2022
Issues
Does Religious Freedom Include the Right to Have An Abortion?
Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 16, 2022
Issues
White Supremacists, Antisemites, & Other Extremist Groups Have Found Another Weapon: Subtlety
A swastika. A crossed-out Star of David inside a circle. An image of Black people or Muslims or Asian-Americans captioned “Go back where you came from.”…
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Jun 13, 2022
Religion News
What is the Freewinds and Why do Scientologists Celebrate its Maiden Voyage on June 6?
According to the Church of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard stipulated that the highest levels of advancement in Scientology should be “delivered in a distraction-free environment, off…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 6, 2022
Buddhism
Religious Scholars Argue Validity of Digital Meditation
Gregory Grieve, who heads the religious studies department at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, holds that the authenticity of digital Buddhist meditation is not the determining…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jun 2, 2022